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…on the go continued from page 55 Ashworth’s 100-year life journey from birth- days 17 to 117. At Detroit Public Theater in the Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward. $66, or $55 JCC member. Bus departure/ return: 12:15/5:15 pm, West Bloomfield & 12:45/4:45 pm, Oak Park. RSVP: Marilyn, mwolfe@jccdet.org or 248-432-5471. JCC MOVIE MATINEE 1-2:30 pm, May 23. The Active Life Program shows Woman in Gold. At the JCC, West Bloomfield. Free. Info: Ros...…
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…looking back On Sunday, May 16, 1948, just two days after Israel was declared a state, an estimated 22,000 gathered at Central High School in Detroit to celebrate the new nation. • Courtesy Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives. From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive T here is really only one topic for my column this week, isn’t there? I would be remiss if I did not look back into the William Davidson Archives to see just what was h...…
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…THANK YOU! jewish 1942–2017 news 75 Diamond Anniversary Legacy Gala Connecting the Past, Present & Future h May 3, 2018 d k hfi ld Celebrating 75 Years of the Detroit Jewish News Recognizing the Davidson/Gerson/Wetsman /Saulson Family Featured Performers: Thank you to our sponsors! Presenting: The William Davidson Foundation Michael & Judy Steinhardt Diamond: The Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Family Foundation The A. Alfred Taubman ...…
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…jews d in the A Diamond PHOTOS BY JERRY ZOLYNSKY More than 800 people celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Jewish News and honored the Davidson-Gerson- Wetsman-Saulson family as exemplars of multi-generational community leadership May 3 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. The Grammy-winning Klezmatics brought the crowd to its feet with its rollicking music. Proceeds from the event benefited the independent nonprofit Detroit Jewish ...…
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…jews d in the Embracing Our Chutzpah W Rabbi Yoni Dahlen Special to the Jewish News 2018 RABBI IRWIN GRONER LECTURE Rabbi Ed Feinstein will be speaking on “The History of Chutzpah and its Inclination for the Grand Vision of Human Possibility” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Admission is free and open to the community. For more information, call (248) 357-5544. 14 May 10 • 2018 “This word we as...…
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